Video Vault: Vikings beat Redskins in 1976 playoffs

The Vikings' road to the Super Bowl in 1976 started with the Washington Redskins at Metropolitan Stadium. In this recap, the best sentence: "If ever there was a rookie of the year, it was Sammy White -- the NFC's leader in touchdown catches."

Between Tarkenton and Tarkenton, there was a quarterback named Joe Kapp who led the Vikings to the Super Bowl. In a gift that keeps on giving, check out this YouTube highlight reel of Capp, single-bar face mask and all.

On October 12, 1989, the Minnesota Vikings made one of the worst trades in pro sports history by obtaining Herschel Walker from the Dallas Cowboys. Here's a look at Walker's Vikings' debut. For the record: Minnesota won zero Super Bowls as a result of the trade. Dallas won three.

We're not exactly sure how Super Bowl IV featuring the Vikings and Chiefs is on YouTube in its entirety (the clip runs 2 hours, 51 minutes), but we're not complaining. Sure, the Vikings lost, but Video Vault doesn't get any better than this -- even if it is in beautiful black and white. Watch it now before those pesky NFL lawyers order YouTube to yank it down.

All this week, we're taking quick peeks at the Vikings' four Super Bowl appearances. Here are the highlights from Jan. 12, 1975, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans where the Purple People Eaters clashed with the Steel Curtain.

All this week, we're taking quick peeks at the Vikings' four Super Bowl appearances. Here's what it looked like at Rice Stadium in Houston on Jan. 13, 1974, when the Purple faced Don Shula's Miami Dolphins.